#but tomorrow is looking bright

[jaypentaghast]

'Am I the job I do not want? I do not know anymore.' Art-expo inspired edit

[feroluce]

So I'm well aware this is probably a case of "it isn't that deep" but I love looking at all the fiddly little accessories and bits and bobs of Hoyo designs and trying to justify them. Sampo's is particularly funny, because. What even is all that dkkxjdkd

His outfit has so many straps wrapped around him, like they're restraining or holding something in to keep it from bursting at the seams, and not all of them look like they're even connected to anything! But I'd like to think they are useful in certain situations, like if Sampo takes a hit out in the Fragmentum from one of the monsters.

He's hurt, his arm is bleeding, but he is ALMOST done, he just needs a couple more things to fulfill his quota to Natasha and he doesn't want to turn around and go back now. So Sampo frees a strap from his shirt, winds it around his arm above the cut, pulls it tight with his free hand and his teeth. He'll treat it properly in a minute, once he's done scavenging.

There's also the strange chains that resemble snake spines. Given how they're way longer in his splash art and the way they wind around-

I'd like to think they can extend somehow, and Sampo can use them to scale heights. Firefly clocks him as a covert fighter without even being within 20 feet of him, so it would make sense for Sampo to have ways to get around that don't involve usual/obvious methods, like stairs. Think assassin skill sets.

He's also the only one known to be able to get between the Underground and the overworld, and while he's pretty tight-lipped about his method, having some sort of device to help traverse vertical heights is probably insanely helpful there.

And the little metal ornaments across the backs of his wrists! You can see it a bit better in his reference sheet (everyone say thanks @/dragaliareferencearchive!) as opposed to his splash art-

they aren't flat, they stick up a bit off his arms. And so I wonder if Gepard has ever gone to arrest Sampo, and found that they interfere with his handcuffs haha

The ornaments don't match, the one on his right wrist is actually shorter and doesn't extend down to the back of his hand. Which probably doesn't make it nearly as annoying for handcuffs as the left one, but it would make sense for Sampo to have them like that, since he seems to be right-handed! I think a certain proficiency in being ambidextrous is necessary to dual wield daggers like he does, but. Sampo uses his right hand to

hold his blade in his splash art

throw his blade in his skill

play/show off with his dagger in his idle

lob smoke bombs in his technique

cross over his heart when he bows

and to flip his bangs during the cutscene where he saves the trailblazers from Bronya

So a shorter guard on his right hand would help him keep his wrist's flexibility to be able to do all that unimpeded (loving the thought now that Sampo is naturally right-handed and still better with it, but he practiced constantly with his left until he could do things passably ambidextrous).

I also love them because I wonder if they're in the perfect place to help block a hit, along with the chain wrapped around his left forearm.

Like I love the image of a hired killer soundlessly sneaking up behind Sampo in some shady dark alley, knife sloooooowly raising, and then all at once, they strike!

And instead of feeling the blade sink into his back, they get the unpleasant resonating of metal-on-metal shivering up their arm and rattling their bones, because Sampo has turned around at the last second and raised his crossed his arms to let the knife glance off the guards on his wrists.

And the mercenary is left to realize that oh, they are fucked.

[luthwhore]

Superboy: Man of Tomorrow Chapter 4 By Kenny Porter & Jahnoy Lindsay

[tommygettingwrittenoff]

crying laughing at the thought of buck inviting eddie to his dates with t because "he really needs to get out of the house" and t is like. fine with it he guesses. but at the end of the night t says pointedly "well, it's getting late. probably time to call it" and eddies just like "oh youre right bye t" and bucks like "bye t" and they leave together and t is just standing there like. wtf???

[t-the-ring-master]

My sister and I are preparing to switch rooms (our older brother just moved out recently and is getting married. So by sibling rights she gets his old room since she’s the older twin, and I get her room that’s slightly bigger than the one I have now.)

And one of the things we did was move a dresser she is planning to revamp into the room. This was the conversation.

*us both struggling to move it.*

Me: we don’t need no man!

My sister: we don’t need a man.

*we proceed to drop the dresser down.*

Me: we may need a man.

My sister: we need a man.

We managed to get the dresser in, in one piece. Although our bulldog sat in one of the drawers and wouldn’t leave 🤣.

[pattern-recognition]

Snow!!

[schnaf]

good morning, sunshine ~

[citrusinicake]

i dont even know what this is

[anonymouspuzzler]

this may sound odd to ask (and it probably is i am so sorry) , but do you have any advice for becoming an adult and coming to terms with growing up? 😭 im going to be a junior in high school soon and im just scared because my teen years are slipping away before my very eyes 😓

I hope this sounds more comforting than callous, but to be honest with you... it doesn't matter! teen years are just Years. you have so many more ahead of you, and you're going to be able to do things you couldn't or wouldn't do now! and it can be tough, because especially at the age you're at, every single day feels like The Most Important Day Of Your Life and the things you think and feel and do can feel all-encompassing. but nothing is slipping away! you're here, and you're You, and there is so much more You ahead of you!!

this is the most Nothing and Stereotypical Advice, but it's true: take it day by day. what's one thing you have to get done today? what's one thing you WANT to get done today? what's a kindness you can do for yourself and others? what's something new, maybe even scary, you can take a step towards trying or doing? it's true for you now, and it'll be true when you're twenty, thirty, fifty, ninety. get through one day at a time and appreciate what you have done for yourself and what you've been able to experience each of those days.

as for coming to terms with growing up and becoming an adult: first off, you get to decide what that means! I finished my undergraduate degree when I was 26 years old! I consider myself a Working Professional even though I still draw video game fanart and sleep in a nest of plush toys! I didn't start feeling Truly Settled Comfortably As An Adult until, like, this year! everything happens at Your pace and You get to decide who you are and how you relate to the world around you.

as for the nitty-gritty of taking care of yourself as an adult - be Cautious yet Brave. don't force or rush yourself into situations you have doubts about because you feel like you "have" to, and don't hold yourself back from something that's meaningful to you because you're scared. and always, always, always - ask for help! ask for advice! be curious and look things up! look for second and third opinions! we're Social, Supportive Creatures and anyone who wants you to believe they Absolutely 100% Of The Time Have Things Figured Out is probably trying to sell you something. we're out here to help each other, and the people who will help you are out there, whether they're already part of your life or people you'll meet and cherish one day soon.

[kodyzzz]

sometimes u land in situations which were perfectly avoidable and u knew that but brain small i guess

[shopwitchvamp]

me: *looking at my computer with sunglasses on in order to not die of pain* me: "you know. this is what they don't tell you about being a vampire. it's even more pathetic than anyone imagines." my bf: "yeah they don't tell you how bad it can get, huh?"

[talkorsomething]

want to cut my hair again like you wouldn't believe. What are the possible consequences of going bald

[fionaapplesmackdown]

going to have to... remake adrianne lenker flowers for a third time :(

[rosahope]

𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 . ©

[here-2suffer]

Hey yall 🤠

I've come to inform you that it it 5 in the morning. Did I get any sleep? No. Why? I was catching up on fics. Will I go to sleep now that I have caught up on some fics? No. Why? Because I'm too awake.

[goldenageofwireless]

The ouchies are winning tonight 😔✌️ oxycodone and 8:30 bedtime it is